By Catholic Stewardship Consultants www.CatholicSteward.com Palm Sunday, which marks the beginning of Holy Week, is a day of profound significance. It commemorates Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem, where crowds waved palm branches and shouted “Hosanna!” as a sign of honor and recognition. While Palm Sunday is not directly about stewardship, it holds deep connections to […]
Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Passion reveals God’s steadfast love and mercy
Palm Sunday Luke 19:28-40 (blessing of the palms); Isaiah 50:4-7; Philippians 2:6-11; Luke 22:14-23:56 The church this weekend leads us to the climax of Lent, the observance of Holy Week, by offering the impressive liturgy of Palm Sunday. Recalling the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem — for Luke the utter apex of the entire […]
Papal Way of Cross for those who suffer
VATICAN CITY — When he told Pope Francis that writing the meditations for the papal Way of the Cross service was tough, Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti of Perugia-Citta della Pieve said the pope told him, “Remember, you aren’t doing it for me, but for the church.”